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How will Ian react to Eve's stunning news?

Soaps In Depth

Published June 12, 2001

Eve
Gets A Gift
Searching for her new friend, Father Michael, Eve goes to the
monastery,
where she discovers a mysterious locked room. Michael arrives,
presenting
her with a baby cradle which he says will protect her and the baby
against
any evil. Although his words are odd, she assumes that he simply is
being
overly protective.

A Ghostly Visit
Prepared to give up the search for Eve, Ian is bolstered by a chat
with his deceased sister, Granya, who urges him to follow his heart.
"Granya
tells him that there's no one who is going to save him, he has to save
himself," explains Ian's portrayer, Thorsten Kaye. "He comes to realize
that at the end of the day, he does want a family, and he wants someone
to share his life with."

With Arianna's health no longer an issue thanks to a
transplant from
Karen, Ian no longer must put her needs ahead of Eve's...or his own.
"In
talking to Granya, he learns that there is more to life," Kaye says.
"[He
realizes] that maybe your life should be good for you as well, not just
[good for] other people."

Can Eve Move On?
Michael, meanwhile, helps Eve to prepare for a new life far from Port
Charles. "Her heart want to be in Port Charles with Ian," admits Eve's
other half, Julie Pinson. "But she can't keep getting her hopes up only
to have them dashed."

But
could the answer to her prayers be just around the corner? Fate seems
once
again to be lending a hand when the next day, Ian encounters Michael,
who
issues an invitation to lunch. Ian declines, saying he must find the
person
for whom he is searching. Unfortunately, neither man realizes that they
have a mutual acquaintance: Eve!

The Truth Is Exposed!
Drawn back to the monastery by something the priest said, Ian finds
Eve with the cradle and deduces that she is pregnant. Finally, Eve is
forced
to tell Ian the truth. "She's relieved, but at the same time, there's a
part of her that can't help but wonder if he's going to be happy about
this," says Pinson.

Having experienced their love via past-life flashbacks, Eve
wonders,
"Is this the lifetime that Ian and I are meant to be together?" But Ian
is thrilled, and
the reunited couple prepare to return to Port Charles and face their
future
together. Oddly, a very nervous Michael urges them to leave the woods
as
quickly as possible.

Danger Unleashed!
Next week, as Ian and Eve prepare to head home, she decides to say
one last goodbye to the priest. Searching the monastery, she eventually
returns to the spooky locked room, only to find that this time, she is
able to open the door. Ian's arrival prevents her from entering the
dark
chamber, and she never catches a glimpse of the terrifying secret kept
behind the locked door. Worse, upon leaving the monastery, Ian and Eve
fail to close the door. As Father Michael makes his way to town ready
to
make, rather than hear, a confession, Port Charles has no idea the
terror
about to be unleashed upon it!